Left Ventricular Regional Wall Motion Abnormality in the Setting of Acute Loperamide Overdose

Loperamide is an inexpensive, over-the-counter antidiarrheal agent with emerging reports of overdose due to its opioid properties. Although it is considered by many patients to be safe, cardiotoxicity has been reported, prompting the United States Food and Drug Administration to release a warning re...

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Main Authors: Kasha Bornstein, Timothy Montrief, Mehruba Anwar Parris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2019-08-01
Series:Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9hm8j0jn